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Michael Healy-Rae TD

- Independent TD for Kerry
- Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
- Email me whenever Michael Healy-Rae speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record
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Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Hospital Waiting Lists, Carer's Allowance Applications, Disability Allowance Applications, Medical Card Applications
(based on written questions asked by Michael Healy-Rae and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)
“Before coming to the Bill, it has to be said that all people want in life is that things are proper and above board and that people behave in a way that is right and lawful. There is a place in the world for lobbying. Of course there is. There is a place for lobbyists. Different organisations are named here on the record of the Dáil. I will take as an example the CIF. I will say...”
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)
“I will highlight an analogy on what Government gets and what Government wants. Take the Minister. This year, he wanted to stop people from going to the bogs and cutting turf. What did he get? He was personally the cause of more people going to the bog this year than ever before. People who used to cut two hoppers, for example, cut four or five. Their attitude was that they would fill...”
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)
“We are gone what?”
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 163 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- Has received answers to 794 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
- People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
- This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 109 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Michael Healy-Rae speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 936 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 11 Mar 2015. More about the Register